a·dop·tion
noun/əˈdɒpʃn/
/əˈdɑːpʃn/
- [uncountable, countable] the act of adopting a child; the fact of being adopted
收养 - She put the baby up for adoption.
她提出要让人收养那个婴儿。 - The number of adoptions has fallen markedly since the 1970s.
自 20 世纪 70 年代以来，收养数量显着下降。 - adoption into something his adoption into an American family
美国家庭对他的收养
Collocations ChildrenChildrenHaving a baby/child- want a baby/a child/kids
- start a family
- conceive/be expecting/be going to have a baby/child
- miss your period
- become/get/be/find out that you are pregnant
- have a baby/a child/kids/a son/a daughter/twins/a family
- have a normal/a difficult/an unwanted pregnancy; an easy/a difficult/a home birth
- be in/go into/induce labour (especially US English) labor
- have/suffer/cause a miscarriage
- give birth to a child/baby/daughter/son/twins
- bring up/ (especially North American English) raise a child/family
- care for/ (especially British English) look after a baby/child/kid
- change (British English) a nappy/(North American English) a diaper/a baby
- feed/breastfeed/bottle-feed a baby
- be entitled to/go on maternity/paternity leave
- go back/return to work after maternity leave
- need/find/get a babysitter/good quality affordable childcare
- balance/combine work and childcare/child-rearing/family life
- educate/teach/home-school a child/kid
- punish/discipline/spoil a child/kid
- adopt a baby/child/kid
- offer a baby for/put a baby up for adoption
- (especially British English) foster a child/kid
- be placed with/be raised by foster parents
Extra ExamplesTopics Life stagesc1, Law and justicec1- They were so happy when the adoption went through successfully.
收养手续顺利办妥，他们真是太高兴了。 - When will the child be available for adoption?
什么时候可以收养这个孩子？
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + adoption- offer somebody for
- place somebody for
- put somebody up for
- …
- go through
- agency
- She put the baby up for adoption.
- [uncountable] the decision to start using something such as an idea, a plan or a name
（想法、计划、名字等的）采用 - The widespread adoption of new information technology could save $162 billion a year.
广泛采用新的信息技术每年可节省 1,620 亿美元。 - The committee recommended the adoption of new safety procedures.
委员会建议采用新的安全程序。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- general
- widespread
- formal
- …
- recommend
- urge
- The widespread adoption of new information technology could save $162 billion a year.
- [uncountable, countable] (British English, politics) the act of choosing somebody as a candidate for an election
（候选人的）选定，推选，推举 - his adoption as the Labour candidate
他被选定为工党候选人 - The party announced the formal adoption of George Smith as their election candidate.
该党宣布正式提名乔治·史密斯为其竞选候选人。
- his adoption as the Labour candidate
Word OriginMiddle English: from Latin adoptio(n-), from ad- ‘to’ + optio(n-) ‘choosing’, from the stem of optare ‘choose’.